Augie Bergamo

August Samuel Bergamo

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lb.
• High School Eastern High School (Detroit)
• Debut April 25, 1944
• Final Game September 30, 1945
• Born February 14, 1917 in Detroit, MI USA
• Died August 19, 1974 in Grosse Pointe, MI USA

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Biographical Information

Augie Bergamo won a place in the Dave Frishberg song "Van Lingle Mungo". He batted .286 with a .399 OBP as a spare outfielder with the 1944 world championship St. Louis Cardinals. He enjoyed a .316 average with a .401 OBP in 94 games in 1945 but washed out of the big leagues with the return of the large majority of stars following World War II.

Notable Achievement

• Won a World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1944

Further Reading

• Gregory H. Wolf: "Augie Bergamo", in Bill Nowlin, ed.: Van Lingle Mungo: The Man, The Song, The Players, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2014, pp. 89-92. ISBN 978-1-933599-76-2

Related Sites

• Augie Bergamo at the SABR Bio Project